Stripping pickup wires

[tomizm]

so, what's YOUR secret? *These little boogers are too small for any wire strippers, and melting the ends of the wire doesnt seem right, so how do YOU strip those tiny wires?

[jemsite]

good wire strippers

[bob oakman]

I have used my teeth successfully.

[Project Guitar]

Both of the Above and on occastion an exacto blade but that is very dangerous....

[dacmo]

All you need is to make the smallest of grooves in the insulation and pull from groove with your fingernail. That's the way I do it, anyway.

[tomizm]

Bob did you ever play with Legos when you were younger? *If so, I bet you were one of those guys who took them apart with their teeth too.

[Vaibanez]

Butter knife...the small serations work excellent.

J>

[ChrisReedSmith]

I too use an exacto knife and make a small slit and then pull it off with my fingernail. i almost always save all the wire. using scissors plain sucks because a bunch of the wire always comes out with the insulation

[Anonymous]

heres a tip (but might damage ur soldering iron):
heat the plastic sleeve on the wire with ur iron, the plastic will melt away nicely for u to strip away the sleeve.

[littlegreenman]

Quote: from tomizm on 2:38 pm on April 11, 2001
Bob did you ever play with Legos when you were younger? *If so, I bet you were one of those guys who took them apart with their teeth too.

Hey now, just what is wrong with taking Lego's apart with your teeth. *I didn't swallow that many piece's!
Teeth work fine, but if the wires get to short, you usually end up banging your head at least twice
Jeremy